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Allen, David Anderson

Allen, David Anderson

Rank and Name, David Anderson Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

 

David is born on July 29, 1916 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

Father, Paul H. Allen.

Mother, Mary A. Allen.

Sisters, Sally and Frances Allen.

Wife, Jennie Ann (Efrid) Allen.

Son, Paul H. Allen.

 

David enlisted the service in North Carolina with service number # 0-150542.

 

 

David was KIA when a Japanese dive bomber dropped 2 Bombs on March 19, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

David is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA.

 

Thanks to http://www.historynet.com/uss-franklin-struck-by-a-japanese-dive-bomber-during-world-war-ii.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Buried on Sea
USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier
Japanese Yokosuka D4Y3 Dive Bomber
David A. Allen
His rank Lieutenant

Allen, Edward Joseph

Allen, Edward Joseph

Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Edward Joseph Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Morrison (DD-560) Destroyer, United States Navy.

 

Edward is born in Port Arthur, Texas.

 

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Edward enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 657875.

 

 

Edward was KIA when USS Morrison was attacked by a Kamikaze on May 4, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Edward is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

USS Morrison (DD-560) Destroyer
Misubishi A6M Zero
Location USS Morrison
His rank Fireman First Class

Alfred, Robert Matthews

Alfred, Harold Matthews

Rank and Name, Coxwain Harold Matthews Alfred.

Unit/Placed, USS Borie (DD-704) Destroyer,United States Navy.

 

Harold was born on Jan. 1, 1922 in Syracuse, New York.

 

Father, William Alfred.

Mother, Leona Alfred.

Sisters, Dorotha and Marian Alfred.

Brother, Floyd Alfred.

Wife, Carolina M. Alfred.

 

Roger enlisted the service in New York with service number # 2386759.

 

Harold was KIA when a Kamikaze crashed on the ship during the 3rd Fleet Operations against Japan in the North Pacific and severe damaged the ship, on Aug. 9,  1945, Coxwain Harold M. Alfred is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon.

 

Harold is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial , Honolulu,
Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to  http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/704.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Buried on Sea
USS Borie (DD-704) Destroyer
Kamikaze Attack
Borie Kamikaze damage
His rank Coxwain

Afalla, Alfonso

Afalla, Alfonso

Rank and Name,Corporal Alfonso Afalla.

Unit/Placed in,14th Infantry Regiment.

 

Alfonso is born in the Philippines.

 

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

 

Alfonso enlisted the U.S.Army in Philippines with service number # no record.

 

Alfonso died at Okinawa, Japan on April 5, 1945, he is honored with a Combat Infantry Badge, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

Alfonso is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

14th Infantry Regiment
His rank Corporal

Allen, William G.

Allen, William G.

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant (Radio Operator C-47) William G. Allen.

Unit/Placed, 56th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375th Troop Carrier Group.

 

William was born in, 1924 in Missouri.

 

Father, William H. Allen.

Mother, Alta A. Allen.

 

William enlisted the service in Kansas with serial # 17127506.

 

William died during a Cargo/Passenger Mission to Biak, Indonesia  (probably) crashed, on Jan. 29, 1945, Staff Sergeant William G. Allen is honored with a Distinguished Service Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, American Campaign medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

William is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region,Philippines.

Tablets of the Missing – Army.

 

Thanks to http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/42nd_Bombardment_Group.html ABMC, https://abmc.gov Familysearch.com  https://www.familysearch.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org,   Geoffrey Roecker https://missingmarines.com/ P.O.W. Info: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html Rolland Swank and Terry Hirsch.

56th Troop Carrier Squadron
357th Troop Carrier Group
Dakota C-47
Airfield Jackson, (7ml Drome), New Guinea
DAYTON, Ohio -- 375th Troop Carrier Group plaque in Memorial Park at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
His rank Staff Sergeant

Ainsworth, Paul R.

Ainsworth, Paul R.

Rank and Name,Private First Class Paul R. Ainsworth.

Unit/Placed in,155th Infantry Regiment, 31th Infantry Division”Dixie“.

 

Paul is born no record.

 

Parents, No Record.

 

Paul enlisted the U.S.Army in New York with service number # 32472171.

 

Paul was KIA in the Morotai Island Campaign,Indonesia on Jan.17, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

Paul is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

 

Thanks to http://www.indianamilitary.org/31STINFDIV/SoThinkMenu/31stSTART.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

155th Infantry Regiment
31th Infantry Division
His rank Private First Class

Alexander, Earnest R.

Alexander, Earnest R.

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Earnest R. Alexander.

Unit/placed in, V Fighter Command (Far Eastern Air Force).

 

Eastern was born on Dec. 19, 1922 in Blocker, Oklahoma.

 

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

 

 

Eastern entered  the service from Dallas, Texas in June 8, 1942 with service number # 18082768.

 

 

Earnest died by the Japanese trying to escape them on March 26, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

Earnest is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

 

 

On February 27, 1945 one of seven Mustangs that took off from Biak on a flight bound for Wama Airfield on Morotai on a mission to ferry new aircraft to the 3rd Air Commando Group. During the flight roughly 30-40 miles short of their destination the formation encountered very bad weather and the formation broke up.

Bollinger and Alexander were last seen entering clouds and were never seen again. This aircraft and P-51D 44-63338 piloted by Bollinger failed to arrive. Both pilots were officially declared Missing In Action (MIA).

New Facts

Fate of the Pilot
In fact, Alexander bailed out near Obi Island to the south of Halmahera. Alexander and Bollinger were detained by Ismael Radjaloear, Imam of Laiwoei and leader of Japanese Heihe who sold both pilots to the Japanese.

On March 11, 1945 both were turned over to the Japanese and became Prisoners Of War (POW). Both men attempted to escape. On March 26, 1945 both were killed by a Japanese Army 20 man patrol.

During the middle of May 1945, an Australian Army ‘J’ Mission, Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) inserted an intelligence gathering party on Obi Island that learned two American pilots, Alexander and Bollinger were captured by locals and turned over to the Japanese.

Their bodies were not buried but at the end of the Pacific War the Japanese built a “burial ground” for them at Seri village (it is not clear if any remains were buried there or not. His remains were never recovered and he remains listed as Missing In Action.

 

Far East Air Force
P-51 Mustang
Airfield Bayug, Leyte Philippines
Earnest R. Alexander
His rank Second Lieutenant

Abbott, Clyde Cattey

Abbott, Clyde Cattey

Rank and Name, Yeoman Second Class Clyde Cattey Abbott.

Unit/Placed in, USS Bunkerhill (CV-17) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Clyde is born in 1921 in Winigan, Missouri.

 

Father, Earl Abbott.

Mother, Carrie Abbott.

 

 Clyde enlisted the service in Missouri with serial # 6285961.

 

Clyde was KIA when the USS Bunker Hill as struck by two Kamikazes on May 11, 1945, Yeoman Second Class Clyde C. Abbott is honored with a  Combat Action Ribbon, Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

Clyde is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

 

Thanks to  http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/17.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

USS Bunker Hill (CV-1) Carrier
Casualties from USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) are transferred to USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) via breaches buoy the day after Bunker Hill was struck by two kamikaze planes. Wilkes-Barre came alongside and assisted with firefighting, operating her fire hoses on Bunker Hill's after flight deck. She then took aboard the carrier's wounded. Note damage to the carrier's 40mm Bofors gun gallery in the right center of the picture.
His rank Yeoman Second Class

Allen, Rex Ward

Allen, Rex Ward

Rank and Name, Water Tender Second Class Rex Ward Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Pringle (DD-477) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Rex is born 1918 in California.

 

Father, Ernest Allen.

Mother, Myrtle M. (Spencer) Allen.

Brother, Max D. Allen.

Wife, Ellen J. (Peters) Allen.

 

Rex enlisted the service in California with service number # 6336409.

 

Rex was KIA on duty for Destroyer Division 90 the USS Pringle was attacked by 3 Kamikazes, 2 of them splashed and the third went in the Bridge and later sunk the ship on April 16, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Rex is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA.

 

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/477.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  AirForce, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

Hendriks Webdesign, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

USS Pringle (DD-447) Destroyer
Sea Burial
Location USS Pringle
His rank Water Tender Second Class

Addleman, Robert Leroy

Addleman, Robert Leroy

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant Robert Leroy Addleman.

Unit/placed on, 61st Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group (Very Heavy).

 

Robert was born  in 1920 in Michigan.

 

Father,George A Addleman , Mother, Sarah (Gruse) Addleman.

Wife, Arlene L. (Rohn) Addleman.

 

Robert L. Addleman entered  the service from Detroit, Michigan in Dec. 16, 1941with service-number # 16042855.

 

Robert was KIA when the plane got rammed by a Japanese Fighter, on April 28, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Roberts crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B29- were;

1st Lt. Alexander Orionchair Pilot

2nd Lt. Aron M. Nopic Co Pilot

F/O. David P. Donahue Jr. Bombardier

2nd Lt. Charles B. Coutts Asst. Pilot

2nd Lt. Jim A. McCandeless Asst. Co Pilot

Cpl. Conrad E. Vogt Gunner

T/Sgt. Robert L. Addleman Engineer

T/Sgt. Clarence W. Bever Navigator

Sgt. William L. Wood Radio Operator

Cpl. Melvin H. Long Gunner

Cpl. John C. Sprosty Jr. Gunner

 

Robert is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

61st Bomber Squadron
39th Bomber Group
Boeing B-39 Superfortress
North Field Guam
His rank Technical Sergeant